Letter: Retention an Important Flood Control Component
Red River Basin Commission co-chairmen John Finney and Gary Thompson stress the importance of retention as a vital component to flood protection in the Red River Valley.
Continue ReadingTag: water
Fargo Diversion Authority Rejects Fargo First Solution
The current project is bleeding money at a staggering pace. As for costing $53 million more? Absolute nonsense!
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties February 6th, 2014
Richland-Wilkin Joint Powers Authority Original Publication Date: February 6th, 2014 Wahpeton Daily News Republished with permission from: Cash Aaland, director Mndak Upstream Coalition Two weeks ago the Mndak Upstream Coalition detailed an alternative to Fargo’s diversion plan that would put Fargo first and deliver the same level of protection for the F-M Metro without impacting […]
Continue ReadingForum Editorial Board Cannot See the Trees for the Forest
Nearly 45 years have passed since the 1969 flood, almost 17 years since the 1997 flood, yet the idiots at the helm in Fargo still build a clay dikes on 2nd street and provide police escorts for sandbags when pumped up flood numbers are created.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties January 23rd, 2014
The diversion could be moved north of the confluence of the Wild Rice and Red Rivers. Recent studies show that taking less area out of the floodplain south of Fargo and reducing the amount of water in the river during times of flooding through distributed storage (water detention) would completely eliminate impacts of Fargo’s diversion in Richland and Wilkin counties.
Continue ReadingDefending Richland and Wilkin counties January 9th, 2014
How much water does it take to drown a rat? I suppose it depends on whether the rat can swim, but let’s pretend it can’t. Is the rat any more dead if it’s under an inch of water or three feet of water?
Continue ReadingAndy Adamson, Jr.: Project Should Protect Basin, Not Just Fargo
No more “FARGO “FIRST”: Pembina County commissioner Andy Adamson, Jr. accurately sizes up Cass County commissioner Darrell Vanyo and cites “A flood control project of this size should be expanded to provide protection to the entire Red River Valley”.
Continue ReadingFargo is Fargo’s Worst Flood Threat
ND Gov. Jack Dalrymple: “…the corps of engineers needs to re-apply themselves to the problem, find what the objections are and need to find technical solutions to those problems…”
Continue Reading